International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)

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A 1977 law that lets the president regulate economic dealings with other countries, such as freezing assets and imposing sanctions, after declaring a national emergency over an unusual foreign threat. Its use to impose tariffs has been challenged in court.

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